*** Update ***
Following a late surge of activity, the group stage has now come to a close.
Result which can be posted is Grasmere.
Ellis/Flocke advance in first place.
Mike/Shaghar advance in second place.
The Thirlmere group is now closed, thanks to the guys who made an effort to play their matches as singles.
I have had to make a tough decision on what to do, and I dont think there is an exact solution that will please everyone, the group was a train smash with players going missing and vacation breaks. The players left in the group are essentially blameless for the current situation, but the competition has to move on now.
I am taking forward the players who played their matches as singles, those individuals progressing to the last 16 are Mightyred, PGAbound67 and Ryan.Anderson, they are joined by Bluescouse, who had qualified for the last 16 by right, but whose partner withdrew because of the delays to the competition. I am sure nobody will have any objections to Blue being taken through on this basis.
Therefore we have two new pairs joining the last 16, these are -
Mightyred & PGAbound67 in T1
Ryan.Anderson & Bluescouse in T2 (an all ELCC pair)
I feel for the players who have not made it to the last 16, but all I had to base this on was the activity, and after extending the deadline already I was left with no option but to take action to ensure the event could move forward.
Feel free to contact me if anyone has questions.
Cheers
Monty